Crystal structure of T state aspartate carbamoyltransferase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 887-900

  De Vos, Dirk ^a   Van Petegem, Filip ^a,d   Remaut, Han ^a,e   Legrain, Christianne ^b   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^c   Van Beeumen, Jozef J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Av Emile Gryson   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allosterism; ASA, accessible surface area; aspartate carbamoyltransferase; ATCase, aspartate carbamoyltransferase; c, catalytic subunit; crystal structure; PDB, RCSB Protein Data Bank; r, regulatory subunit; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius; thermostability

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 2542418008     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.03.079     Document Type: Article

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